Attendance and Absence

School attendance is now statutory and pupils must attend every day that they are well.

If you, your child or anyone in your household has any of the main symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), you must get tested as soon as possible. Stay at home until you get the result.

Main symptoms

• The main symptoms of coronavirus are:
• a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
• a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
• a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

Most people with coronavirus have at least 1 of these symptoms.

What to do if you have symptoms

• If you have any of the main symptoms of coronavirus:
• Get a test to check if you have coronavirus as soon as possible.
• You and anyone you live with should stay at home and not have visitors until you get your test result – only leave your home to have a test.

Anyone in your support bubble should also stay at home if you have been in close contact with them since your symptoms started or during the 48 hours before they started.

If your child is not well enough to come to school you must contact the school office as soon as possible to let us know the reason your child is not at school.

Many thanks. 

 

Broadford are now on Instagram!

We now have an instagram page. If you are on Instagram please follow us. There will be loads of posts about learning in school and year groups may even takeover the stories some times! 

We hope you enjoy following us and find it very informative.  

 

Key Stage 2 Maths Challenge - 08.03.21

Congratulations to the winners of last week's maths challenge: Aksanan, Ehan, Shivangi and Anish!

Please find this week's maths challenge below:

24

Can you make 24 from the four numbers on each card? Each card is a new question. 

You can add, subtract, multiply and divide. Use all four numbers on the card, but use each number only once. You do not have to use all four operations.

All number nines have a red centre, so that you can tell a nine from a six. 

Click here for a video tutorial on how to solve the cards! 

Can you solve the four cards below?                    

Havering Catering Services

Week beginning Monday 8th March is week 1 on the Havering catering services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.25. School meals are free to all pupils in reception, years 1 and 2 via the universal free school meal offer.

Please ensure that your child’s sQuid account is topped up and has money available to pay for their school meal. We cannot provide a meal if your account is in debt. 

Weekly Newsletter - Friday 5th March, 2021

Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls 

Dear Parents and Carers,

World Book Day - Thursday 4th March
It was a very different kind of book day this year but it was just as fun! 

As well as the staff Masked Reader event some pupils took part in the Masked Reader book day event as well. Their task was to make a mask and record themselves reading. The pupils did a fabulous job and went to so much effort adding backgrounds and sound effects to their videos! They posted clues for  their classmates to guess their identities and at the end of the day revealed who was behind the mask. 

Well done to;
Tesha, Evie, Amelia, Liroshan, George, Ipsa, Anushri, Francesca, Ehan, Aliza, Tele, Amelia, Brian, Peter and Timur 

I am sure you will agree they all did a brilliant job. 

Return to School 

This week on our school blog there has been a series of posts about returning to school arrangements. If you have missed any of the information you can find it at the links below.
Morning Routine

End of Day 

School Information 

If you are a working parent and have not applied for your child to stay at school on Wednesday afternoon please complete the google form asap. To clarify, this offer is open to all working parents not just critical workers.
Wednesday Afternoon Working Parent Request Form 

Havering Catering Services

Week beginning Monday 8th March is week 1on the Havering catering services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.25. School meals are free to all pupils in reception, years 1 and 2 via the universal free school meal offer.
Please ensure that your child’s sQuid account is topped up and has money available to pay for their school meal. We cannot provide a meal if your account is in debt.

Weekly Attendance  

Obviously, at the moment we cannot calculate attendance so instead we are going to change the attendance league to the learning league. Each week we will announce which year group has been the most active on google classroom, they will be awarded full marks and shoot to the top of the learning league table. Make sure that you are tuning into those google meets and turning in your assignments to ensure that your year group is at the top of the league table. This week congratulations to;

EYFS & KS1: Reception         KS2: Year 3

E for Excellence Winners

These wonderful children have demonstrated excellence this week.

Nursery	Noah A.	Cherry	Lorena
Aspen	Olivia	Cedar	Charlie
Alder	Torsten	Elm	Harry
Apple	Nyasa	Larch	Annabelle
Beech	Grace	Ash	Srinika
Apricot	Nasrat	Birch	Chelsea
Walnut	Eesa	Willow	Nancy
Pine	Abdulkarim	Redwood	Gabriela
Mulberry	Megan	Almond	Alice
Rowan	Pranav	Lime	Paris

 

Certificate of Presentation

The following children have been recognised for the beautifully presented work in their books. They clearly take pride in all that they do and are doing their best in every lesson. 

Nina, Justinas

Star Writers

These children have been awarded a star writer certificate and golden pencil in recognition of their excellent writing, use of powerful vocabulary and sophisticated writing  techniques.  

Aniah-Mai, Ite, Freddie, Malachi, Timur, Pranav, Robyn, Angie, Adra, Harry, Shivanshi, Asher, Roxy, Medeea, Gurrehmat

Learning Power Awards

These are the key skills that our children will need to learn effectively in class and to be successful later in life. 

Reciprocity

These children have shown interdependence, collaborated effectively, listened to others, displayed empathy and have imitated effective  ideas and methods from others. 

Rashid, Amandeep

Reflectiveness 

These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning. 

Ameerah, Elliott

Resilience

These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks. 

Jasmine, Ollie, Chloe, Varvara, Bayleigh

Resourcefulness   

These pupils have been curious about learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources. 

Tesha, Kyla, Parisa, Georgia, Manreet, Harry

I hope you all have an amazing weekend. We look forward to welcoming you all back to school on Monday morning. 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mrs L Nicholls 

Headteacher

Return to School - Information

Pupils will remain in class / year group bubbles until further notice. Robust and regular hand washing will continue throughout the day and all areas will be well ventilated. Communal areas will be cleaned before and after groups of pupils have used them. The staggered playtimes and outside lunch breaks will continue to ensure that pupils stay within their bubbles. Pupils will continue to have lunch in their classrooms and hot meals will be delivered from the kitchen for those who choose this option.

Breakfast club will resume on Monday 8th March with the doors opening at 7.45 am and breakfast being served from 8.00 am. Office staff have confirmed places for those pupils who already attend. Breakfast club places remain limited and preference given to working parents, to ensure that pupils can remain in their bubbles and we have adequate members of staff for this purpose.

If your child is in KS2 and chooses a school lunch or attends breakfast club please ensure that there are adequate funds in their sQuid account to pay for meals and add additional money if required before we return to school.

School uniform must be worn and PE kits can be worn to school on PE days. Your child’s PE day will be confirmed by their teacher once we have returned.

Pupils can bring a book bag or school bag daily but must only bring essential items to school e.g. lunch box, reading books etc. Pupils do not need to bring into school stationery as this will be provided for them. We will continue to provide each child with their own equipment which only they will use. It is not necessary for pupils to bring in any other items from home. Homework will continue to be posted on google classroom.

Although all the children will be back at school, we must still exercise caution to ensure the health of our school community. This means whole school events, assemblies together, trips and mixed year group activities are not permitted at present. We have not been given a timeline as to when these will be possible but I would anticipate this will be within this academic year. We hope to restart after school clubs very soon.

All school staff are provided with Lateral Flow Tests every Wednesday and Sunday. The updated guidance from the government now requires school staff to wear masks in communal areas. Pupils are not required to wear masks within school.

I promise that we will continue to work very hard to ensure we support every individual family on your return to some sort of normality. As always we want our whole community to be safe AND we want our pupils to continue on their learning journey. We will try as much as we possibly can to make school 'normal' and ensure that these plans do not hinder the education of our children. We will continue to celebrate and reward the hard work of our pupils to ensure that they are successful.

If you have any questions, please contact the school office or email office@broadford.havering.sch.uk or your child’s class teacher at the following email addresses.

eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk
year12@broadford.havering.sch.uk
year34@broadford.havering.sch.uk
year56@broadford.havering.sch.uk

We can’t wait to see you all on 8th March.

Return to School - End of Day

Afternoon Collection

Nursery and Reception Parents

Please use the main by the main office and collect your children from where you dropped them off in the morning.

Nursery 

15 hour children and 2 year olds AM: 8:30-11:30am

30 hour children: 9-3pm

15 hour and 2 year olds PM: 12-3pm

Drop off in the morning nursery door and collection from the gate leading from the outside area. 

Reception - 3.00 pm (Wednesday dismissal 1.00 pm)

Reception entrance

Pupils in Years 1-6

Parents are asked to enter the school site via the large vehicle gate towards the bottom of the hill on Farringdon Avenue. Please stand on a spot which corresponds to your child's class. The teachers will dismiss the pupils when they can see who is collecting them. Once you have collected your child please exit the site via the gate on Farringdon Avenue by the new hall or if you have a buggy, bike or scooter you can exit the via the vehicle gate. Please observe the one way system to ensure that the flow of people is constant.

In gate all everyone - gate will open at 3.00pm

Out gate for parents and pupils on foot

Out gate for parents and pupils on foot.

Out gate for parents with buggies/prams or pupils on bikes/scooters.

There will be members of staff available in the morning and afternoon to assist you. 

3.05 pm - Years 4 & 6 (Wednesday dismissal 12.55 pm)

3.10 pm - Year 1 & 2 (Wednesday dismissal 1.00 pm)

3.15 pm - Years 3 & 5 (Wednesday dismissal 1.05 pm)

Coloured Spots

There are two sets of coloured spots. The first set are the ones closest to the sports field. Classes will stand on the following coloured spots. 

Coloured spots - set 1

Red 1 - Rowan, Larch, Redwood

Blue 1 - Pine, Birch, Willow

Yellow 1 - Mulberry, Ash 

Coloured spots - set 2

Red 2 - Walnut, Elm 

Blue 2 - Apricot, Almond, Cherry

Yellow 2 - Beech, Lime, Cedar

Can I ask that only 1 parent collects your child/children so that we can avoid gatherings on school premises. Please ensure that you arrive at the correct time to ensure that there are a minimum number of people in one place at any one time.

Thank you all for your continued support.